“Death by Chocolate” will be presented by Friends of NIU Libraries on Saturday, April 18 at The Ellwood Carriage House. The event will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The program will celebrate an anthology of short mystery stories that are related to the city of Chicago.

The event will feature refreshments by Sweet Dreams Desserts and is focused around the anthology “Chicago Blues: 30 Stories of Grit and Grime in the Windy City.” Members of The Outfit, a mystery writers group, will speak about mystery writing in Chicago.

Each writer is a contributer to “Chicago Blues.” Books will be available for purchase, and authors will conduct a book signing. The appearing authors include Libby Fischer Hellmann, Jack Fredrickson, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Barbara D’Amato and Sam Reaves.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 815-753-8091.